Natural shelter & Wheaton Way
2.6 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 56 min
Natural shelter & Wheaton Way is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Wheaton Regional Park near Kemp Mill Farms, MD. The route reaches Natural shelter at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 149 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Natural shelter & Wheaton Way
2.6 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 56 min
Elevation 261–402 ft
Out & Back · Wheaton Regional Park
Trailhead: 39.05403, -77.02657
Weather Sep 20: Light drizzle, high 81°F / low 70° · precip 23% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:55 AM · sunset 7:10 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Wheaton Way, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Northwest Branch Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Natural shelter, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Wheaton Way, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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